As I was detailing the actions of Medea, I focused on the goal of describing events that could be put into active verbs which force another character into doing something, as we discussed in class. After reading Glenn’s post, I feel that I may have oversimplified some of the action of the play, but I also agree that our ways of detailing the action are equally important. Hopefully this list will be comparable to hers, and we will find some way to combine them into one thorough plot analysis.
My list is as follows:
1) Jason leaves Medea.
2) Creon banishes Medea.
3) Chorus endorses (accepts, agrees with?) Medea’s anger.
4) Medea begs Creon for one more day in Corinth.
5) Jason berates Medea for retaliating/not understanding his plan.
6) Medea rejects Jason’s offer of security.
7) Medea offers her skills in magic in return for refuge with Aegeus.
8) Chorus challenges Medea’s plan.
9) Medea sends her sons to Glauce with gifts.
10) Chorus condemns Medea’s actions.
11) Medea says goodbye to her sons.
12) Chorus condemns having children for the pain that they cause.
13) Creon and Glauce die.
Frankly, I’m not really sure if I did this correctly – that is, if I actually got down the plot instead of the story. Ideas?
Also, I’m not sure why there is a bespectacled smiley face instead of an eight…I can’t seem to fix it.
I like the verbs you used to describe most of the actions. I had difficulty staying away from passive verbs and words like “says”. I think if we combine ours we should have a pretty good list of the course of action.